Patients with sleep disorders respond favorably to the co-administration of CBD and melatonin, according to data published in the Italian journal La Clinica Terapeutica. A team of Italian researchers assessed the short-term administration of a sublingual compound consisting of 15mgs of melatonin and 2.5 mgs of plant-derived CBD in a cohort of middle-aged to older adults (ages 43 … Continue reading Study: Insomnia Patients Respond Favorably to Concurrent Use of CBD and Melatonin
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US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced at a press conference that he intends to formally introduce the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA) in April. The forthcoming legislation, which was released in draft form last July, repeals federal marijuana prohibition by removing cannabis from the US Controlled Substances Act. Speaking at the event, Sen. Schumer said: “In the coming weeks, … Continue reading Senate Majority Leader Provides Timeline for Introduction of Long-Awaited Marijuana Descheduling Legislation
Rep. Scott Slater and Sen. Josh Miller, along with many cosponsors in the House and Senate, formally introduced a pair of identical bills Tuesday to legalize, regulate, and tax cannabis for adults 21 and older in Rhode Island. The long-awaited legislation is the product of many months of discussions among top lawmakers in the state, … Continue reading Rhode Island lawmakers introduce legislation to legalize, regulate, and tax cannabis for adults
Neither the enactment of medical cannabis access laws or adult-use legalization laws are associated with any significant upticks in motor vehicle traffic fatalities, according to data published in the journal The Review of Regional Studies. A team of researchers affiliated with Florida Polytechnic University examined the relationship between traffic fatalities and statewide policies legalizing marijuana access over a … Continue reading Analysis: Changes in Marijuana Laws Not Associated with Increased Traffic Fatalities
Regular consumers of cannabis are more likely to engage in effort-related decision making tasks than are non-users, according to data published in the journal Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. A team of researchers at the University of Memphis assessed motivation in a cohort of 47 college-aged students (25 frequent cannabis consumers and 22 controls). Subjects completed a series of … Continue reading Study: Cannabis Consumers Are Not Less Motivated Than Non-Users
The inhalation of CBD provides anti-cancer activity in animals with glioblastoma, a highly aggressive form of brain cancer. A team of investigators affiliated with Augusta University in Georgia and with the Georgia Cancer Center assessed the effects of inhaled CBD on GBM (glioblastoma) tumor growth in mice. Authors reported that CBD administration limited tumor growth and also … Continue reading Study: Inhaled CBD Limits Tumor Growth in Animal Model
A supermajority of practicing US physicians believe that cannabis possesses medical value, according to survey data published in the journal Cureus. A pair of researchers anonymously surveyed 539 US physicians attending the 2018 American College of Emergency Physicians’ Annual Conference. The conference is the largest gathering of emergency medicine physicians in the country. Seventy-one percent of survey respondents “believed … Continue reading Survey: Over 70 Percent of US Physicians Believe Cannabis Has Medical Value
The long-term use of cannabis extracts containing high percentages of CBD and low percentages of THC is associated with reduced symptoms in adolescent patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to data published the Journal of Cannabis Research. Turkish investigators reported on the use of CBD-dominant extracts in a cohort of 33 adolescent subjects diagnosed … Continue reading Study: CBD-Dominant Extracts Associated with Behavioral Improvements in Children with Autism
Numerous minor cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant possess therapeutic properties that may hold clinical significance, according to a review paper published in the journal Frontiers of Pharmacology. A team of US investigators affiliated with the University of South Carolina and Doane University in Nebraska summarized data on the potential therapeutic applications of a number of secondary cannabinoids, … Continue reading Review: Minor Cannabinoids Acknowledged to Possess Therapeutic Properties
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